4H and duCret Team Up Over Annual Fairground Event

Simon demonstrates Takumi ceramics on the pottery wheel

Along about mid-year last year, duCret Instructor Dean Field secured a project for his Design Team. The 4H committee of Somerset County requested that duCret students work on their annual 4H Fair brochures. Throughout the remainder of the Spring Semester, often the 4H Staff  visited the computer lab where students Chris Petronzio, Pawel Gryglak and Chuck English worked on a large 8 x 10 brochure design, or on posters and banners related to the fair. After several revisions the brochure was printed and handed to over 60,000 patrons at the three day 4H Fair Event, held in Bridgewater, NJ.

Larry Gove Works at Jewelry Bench

On August 10, 11 and 12, duCret hosted a double-booth where duCret Faculty; Eva, Ed, Christine, Lauren, Phil, Larry, Ken, Simon, Jerry, Judy, Terry, Susan, Frank and Dean stood in for three days, some demonstrating a variety of art modalities. duCret wishes to thank Kevin, Eric and student Elizabeth Jones for their additional assistance. Special thanks goes to Chuck English for his dedication to ensuring the final brochure editing, to which the final product was a smash hit with 4H founders. The 4H Fair Committee was so impressed with duCret, that the school has been invited to work with them again next year. 4H also awarded duCret with a ribbon for BEST Commercial Booth!

Simon Keller, who demonstrated potterywheel at the event will also be featured at the Trailside Museum in Mountainside, NJ on Sept. 25th at their colonial fair. Tap http://www.ducret.edu/ for details under our events section. For those interested in jewelrymaking, Larry will run a Jewelrymaking Class this Fall Semester on Monday evenings, from 6:30 - 9:30pm. To register call 908-757-7171, but hurry - classes start Aug 29th!